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the Zachman framework

The Zachman framework is a nice example of so-called “IT Entreprise Architecture”. Such approach is directed at a comprehensive approach to the design, implementation and execution of IT strategy within an enterprise.
The Zachman framework has two dimensions.
The first dimension is the dimension of a party. Going from top to bottom,

we show the enterprise from an executive point of view, that sets the scope,

an owner view, that steers the daily business within the scope provided

an architectural view that provides a logical overview of the daily processes as defined above

the engineering view that translates a logical overview into something that can be built

the technical view that actually implements the strategy

the user perspective that uses above components

Next to that, we have a second dimensions that describes what items must be modelled.